diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/common.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/common.sh
index a2c197f7e..4f7700904 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/common.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/common.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ install_liburing() {
 	fi
 	# Use commit we know we can compile against. See #1673 as a reference.
 	git -C "$liburing_dir" checkout liburing-2.2
-	(cd "$liburing_dir" && ./configure --libdir=/usr/lib64 && make install)
+	(cd "$liburing_dir" && ./configure --libdir=/usr/lib64 --libdevdir=/usr/lib64 && make install)
 	echo /usr/lib64 > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/spdk-liburing.conf
 	ldconfig
 }
diff --git a/xnvmebuild/Makefile b/xnvmebuild/Makefile
index a4f079b91..60b8279ff 100644
--- a/xnvmebuild/Makefile
+++ b/xnvmebuild/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 
 all:
 	(cd $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/xnvme && \
+		export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib64/pkgconfig && \
 		meson setup builddir -Dwith-spdk=false -Dwith-fio=false -Dshared_library=false && \
 		meson compile -C builddir && \
 		cd -)